Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-15
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
Texas Troops as Fighters In the AIRY
OF Ternessee-Matchless Deeds OF
Heroism and Daring.
Incidents Rslated at the Re Union of the
Survivors of tho Eleventh Texas Cav.
airy at Gainesville.
pec!al Correspondence of the Gazette.

special correspondence OF the Gazette.
GAINESVILLE, TEX Aug. 1.-THE clos
ing scenes Of the reunion of the surviv-
ors OF the Eleventh Texas cavalry, one OF
the Texas regiments which composed
part OF the celebrated fighting brigade Of
General Tom Harrison, brings up anew
memories Of that stirring ers; and while
the new generation takes more interest in
the display OF bunting, the soul-stirring
strains of music, or the eloquent culogies
OF the orators Of the day; while the young
men and maidens of Texas wander
through the cool and shady groves, mak-
ing love with eye and tongue, or trip 10
the music of the dance, the old vete-
rams gather in groups and
fight anew their many hard
fought battles, and renew friend
ships that were formed and csmented on
meLy hard-fought fields of danger, loBg,
weary and tiresome marches, or the
weary watches around the touches Of
some sick or wounded Comrade in the
| poverty-stricGen hospitals OF the late
Confederacy.
/ Your correspondent spent q portion CT
! two days, mingiiDg win the old veterans
st Gainesville, and among the many STIR
ring incidents Tecounted has selected two
| thar greatly Interested him, Of which 6
| brief synopsis, v e thiGk, Will be read by
the many readers CT The GAZETTE, the
Cld Confederate and Union soldiers es-
pecially, and the new generation that has
come on since the war, with interest.
CAPTAIN sHANNON'5 SCOUT.
Alter the fall of Atlanta, Ga, and at the
, beginning of the retreat Of Gen JohnstOn's
army and closely followed by General
Sherman in his "March to the sea-" CApt.
A. Nj. Shannon, of the Eighth Texas csval-
ry, was ordered to pick thirty men from
the L ghth and Eleventh Texas regiments,
ant to hGlg on the rear sn1 flank Of the
retreatiIg Confederate forces and to
Strike the enemy blow st every opp0r-
tunlry, and by Cguntermarches, night
attacks and flank movements, annoy, Ia
rasS aid cripple the { -der&l forces on
every possible occasion. That they per
formed that duty well and nobly is al
tested by the fact that in that celebrated
march Captain Shannon and his company
4 of thirty scouts killed and captured be-
tween Atlanta, Ga and Beutonviie, n
c., 1910 Federal soldiers-6J0 captured,
$40 killed. The correctness Ct this state
ment is sttested by some of the best and
| UIOSL LIltElGI men III 1tAdSj EI1 WldL IL
more marvellous wish only q loss of three
Confederates killed and three wounded.
With considerable trouble procured the
names Of all the scouts Il Captain Shan
mons company but five or six, which are
as follows:
Captain A. NJ. Shannon, Felix Kennedy
Lou Compton, Coon Dunman, Tom Kyle,
Charley Barnett, Charley Howard, Char.
ley Burney, Walker, Sam NAV
erick, Virg Phelps, Eighth Texas
Cavalry; -. Walker, Of Georgia
/, Emmett Lynch, Bill Lynch, John Hag
gerty, Eighth Texas cavalry; NJ. II
Whaley, John Tillory, Ed Stephens
James Livingston, J. G. Witcher, a. H
Hefner, John Wall, W. F. McCart, Mar
Bonds, Eleventh Texas cavalry; -
[ Bowman of Georgia.
The above list is incomplete by five OF
Ii six names, but composes one Of tn,
siproudest and grsndest rolls Of honor il
any army or in any government in the
world.